Exploding E-Cigarette Blamed For Woman's Crash in Arizona

[Macko]

It would be helpful if they told more about the specific device that exploded.



"Police: Driver crashes car after E-cigarette explodes in her lap

TEMPE, Ariz. - A driver's exploding e-cigarette caused a crash in Tempe Tuesday, according to Tempe police.

A police spokesperson said a woman was leaving a driveway onto Southern Avenue near Dorsey Lane when her e-cigarette exploded in her lap, catching fire..."

Police: Driver crashes car after E-cigarette explodes in her lap

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[RainSong]

This is just a few miles away from my house. I'd definitely be interested in more details.

 

[Eskie]

At least they labelled that story WEIRD and not BREAKING NEWS. Weird is better for this, isn't it?

 

[emiTAtAyaDenO]

This is just a few miles away from my house. I'd definitely be interested in more details.

Here it says the woman said it was a "vape pen".

E-cigarette blamed for car crash, driver claims vape pen exploded in her lap

 

[dyanaprajna]

Which makes me wonder if it was an unregulated mod she had no idea how to safely use.

 

[Eskie]

Here it says the woman said it was a "vape pen".

E-cigarette blamed for car crash, driver claims vape pen exploded in her lap

Looks like the FOX affiliate decided to go more dramatic in coverage than the ABC affiliate in this case. Slow news day?

 

[puffon]

Last week someone was killed in an accident, due to texting and driving.
Didn't get much news coverage tho....

 

[dyanaprajna]

Any electronic product, if used improperly, can have negative consequences. But e-cigs are the only products getting attention because the media is off their rocker. And of course, the person this happened to will probably blame the e-cig industry rather than their own poor judgement, placing even more unneccesary negative press on the vaping community.

 

[Eskie]

Any electronic product, if used improperly, can have negative consequences. But e-cigs are the only products getting attention because the media is off their rocker. And of course, the person this happened to will probably blame the e-cig industry rather than their own poor judgement, placing even more unneccesary negative press on the vaping community.

Now let's be fair to other unloved electronic devices. Look at the poor Galaxy Note. It got tossed of of airplanes that weren't even operated by United. IIRC, Tossed off Amtrak too. Then the hoverboards, banned from public spaces, and airplanes again, as they erupted in a Li fueled fury. And who can forget the odd iPhone going off in some teen's pocket. Never mind the fleet of Boeing 787's grounded for their Li battery issues.

Thing is, those devices aren't tainted with the word "cigarette", even with an "e" in front of it. Tobacco and cigarettes kill, and now they're coming after the public with exploding batteries. Given that the average person barely knows what a mod is, it's the herd mentality of fear of any new product that could possibly go pop, even when they have a dozen other things around with the same type batteries in them. Those are familiar, this is an unknown risk.

 

[Bunnykiller]

fuel is the main reasons planes explode when they crash.... we need fuel less planes

 

[ceeceeisme]

I dunno if it's just me but....

How many people here leave their regulated or mech mods laying in their laps?

Let see a show of hands!

Me: NEVER

 

[herb]

There are already law firms flooding the overnight airwaves with "have you been injured by an expoding e cigarette , you may be entitled to financial compensation" , they have e cig explosion hotlines now .

 

[Tonee N]

And a person has never had hot ash fly into their face from a cigarette while driving, and crashed. Nobody has ever dropped a cigarette on their lap while driving and ended up rolling over off the side of the road.
"We had to check our guns at the door but the sign didn't say anything about hand grenades "

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[RainSong]

And a person has never had hot ash fly into their face from a cigarette while driving, and crashed. Nobody has ever dropped a cigarette on their lap while driving and ended up rolling over off the side of the road.
"We had to check our guns at the door but the sign didn't say anything about hand grenades "

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I thought that too - more than once I dropped a lit cigarette in my lap while driving.

 

[Tonee N]

How many people die from drunk drivers each day? Why haven't we banned cars? Why haven't we banned alcohol? I guess common sense is too expensive or its illegal. Did we ban common sense?

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[thetrucker]

Now let's be fair to other unloved electronic devices. Look at the poor Galaxy Note. It got tossed of of airplanes that weren't even operated by United. IIRC, Tossed off Amtrak too. Then the hoverboards, banned from public spaces, and airplanes again, as they erupted in a Li fueled fury. And who can forget the odd iPhone going off in some teen's pocket. Never mind the fleet of Boeing 787's grounded for their Li battery issues.

Thing is, those devices aren't tainted with the word "cigarette", even with an "e" in front of it. Tobacco and cigarettes kill, and now they're coming after the public with exploding batteries. Given that the average person barely knows what a mod is, it's the herd mentality of fear of any new product that could possibly go pop, even when they have a dozen other things around with the same type batteries in them. Those are familiar, this is an unknown risk.

I took apart an old laptop and the flat battery case held 12.............18650......green

batteries............all inside of a person's....laptop...laying on their lap as their reading

about our dangerous e-cig Mods...............saying those batteries are

dangerous.....whew..............lol......

 

[Tonee N]

I took apart an old laptop and the flat battery case held 12.............18650......green batteries............all inside of a person's....laptop as their reading about

our dangerous e-cig Mods...............saying those batteries are dangerous.....whew..............lol......

That's domestic terrorism. Selling laptop bombs that can he hacked.

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[daviedog]

I dunno if it's just me but....

How many people here leave their regulated or mech mods laying in their laps?

Let see a show of hands!

Me: NEVER

You won't see any guys raising their hands..

 

[dyanaprajna]

I have two cup holders in my car: one for my Mt. Dew, the other for my mod.

 

[Tonee N]

I have two cup holders in my car: one for my Mt. Dew, the other for my mod.

Exactly [emoji106]

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